Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Brown
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 2, 1988PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
The defendant was found guilty of carrying a firearm without a license after a trial de novo in the jury session of the Boston Municipal Court. The defendant waived a jury, and the case was decided by a judge. The defendant filed a timely appeal and we took the case on our own motion. We reverse.
The only issue that need concern us is the denial of the defendant’s motion for a required finding of not guilty on the charge of illegal carrying of a firearm.
Viewing the evidence at trial, as we must, in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, Commonwealth v. Latimore, 378 Mass. 671, 676-677…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- United States v. Glen Ray BirmleyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
- Commonwealth v. AlbanoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. NelsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Commonwealth v. CoonanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. SinforosoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. LydonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
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